Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3647

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3) *Uttaṅka and Janamejaya's serpent yajña.* Uttaṅka, determined on taking vengeance on Takṣaka, went away directly from the āśrama to Hastināpura, where he met Janamejaya and told him the fact that it was Takṣaka, who had bitten to death Parikṣit, his (Janamejaya) father. It was thus prompted by Uttaṅka to take revenge upon Takṣaka that Janamejaya performed the serpent yajña. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 3).